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SMITH'S UNLUCKY DAY 



A COMEDY 



BY 

CHARLES NEVERS HOLMES 

AUTHOR OF 

"Their First Quarrel." 




CHICAGO 

T. S. DENISON & COMPANY 

Publishers 



SMITH'S UNLUCKY DAY 



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Mr. John Smith A Business Man 

Mrs. John Smith His Wife 



Place — Anyzvhere. 



Time — After Dinner. 



COSTUMES. 

Mr. Smith — Business suit. 

Mrs. Smith — Home evening dress. 



Time of Playing — About Twenty Minutes. 



PROPERTIES. 

Cigar for Mr. Smith. 

A skein of silk, needle, scissors, thimble and material to 
embroider for Mrs. Smith. 



COPYRIGHT, 1917. BY EBEN H. NORRIS. 



2 *f[ {/ +** 

OCT 20i9l? 
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SMITH'S UNLUCKY DAY 



Scene: A room in the Smiths' apartment, cosily fur- 
nished, table in center with lighted reading lamp, magazines } 
n civs papers and two letters on table covering, a large rug 
under the table; window at right of room, picture at right 
of window ; telephone on stand and chair at left of window; 
door at rear of room, pictures on right and left of door; 
fireplace, fire tongs in front at left of room, clock, etc., on 
mantle over fireplace, picture at right and door at left of 
fireplace. Three comfortable chairs around table and other 
electric lights burning in the room. A good fire in the fire- 
place. 

As the curtain rises, Mr. and Mrs. Smith are seated by 
the table, Mr. Smith smoking, gazing thoughtfully into the 
fireplace, Mrs. Smith quietly at zvork on some embroidery. 
Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are not over thirty. 

Mrs. Smith (looking up from her embroidery) . What's 
the matter with you tonight, John? You seem so — moody. 

Mr. Smith (throwing his cigar impatiently into the fire- 
place). Edith, it's my unlucky day — once a year just on 
this day everything goes wrong with me. 

Mrs. S. (unrolling more silk from her skein and re- 
threading her needle). Nonsense, John! That's simply su- 
perstition — 

Mr. S. (lighting another cigar and casting the match into 
the fireplace). It's true, nevertheless — the 28th day of Feb- 
ruary is always mv unlucky dav. I've never known it to 
fail. 

Mrs. S. (embroidering again). It is a pity you were not 
born on the 29th of February — what a lot of poor luck you 
would have escaped ! 

Mr. S. (leaning back in his chair and smoking "rings" 
from his cigar). It's no joke, I can tell you. Don't you 

3 



4 SMITH'S UNLUCKY DAY 

remember that on the 28th day of February, a year ago, I 
broke my arm? 

Mrs. S. (looking up from her embroidery) . I don't re- 
member the exact date, but you certainly broke your arm. 
However, it was your own fault — you said so — and I can't 
see why you should blame the day for it. 

Mr, S. {still smoking "rings" from his cigar). Well,' the 
year before last, on February the 28th, our apartment was 
burned. I guess you remember that all right. 

Mrs. S. (embroidering again). Yes, John, it did take 
place on the 28th of February ; but, then, we were lucky to 
escape with our lives. 

Mr. S. (rising from his chair and absent-mindedly flick- 
ing the ashes from his cigar into the fireplace). As I have 
been sitting here I've been reviewing my whole life, and I 
haven't the least doubt, in my own mind, that February 
28th is my particularly unlucky day. 

Mrs. S. (cutting the thread with her scissors). But what 
about today, John ? Has it been particularly unlucky ? 

Mr. S. (standing with his back to the fireplace). Of 
course! That is, perhaps not quite as unlucky as usual; but 
because this day has not been quite as unlucky I am feeling 
a little nervous, for I expect some more poor luck — there's 
no telling how disastrous — will overtake me before mid- 
night. 

Mrs. S. (laughing). Perfectly absurd, John! And what 
is the ill luck which has occurred to you already? 

Mr. S. (turning to poke up the fire with the tongs). Oh, 
a certain stock which I invested in recently — "Ginger, pre- 
ferred" — dropped five points in the market this morning;. 

Mrs. S. (abruptly stopping her embroidery). Ginger, 
preferred!" (Very sharply.) Do you mean, John Smith, 
that you have been speculating again ? Didn't you promise 
me, solemnly, that your speculation in "Pepper, common," 
would be the last, the very last time you would risk money 
in the stock market? (Angrily.) And is this why you 
couldn't spare me even $25 to buv a new hat? 

Mr. S. (puffing rather nervously on his cigar). But, my 



SMITH'S UNLUCKY DAY 5 

dear, "Ginger, preferred," looked to everybody like a "sure 
thing." And if the stock had risen a few points you might 
have bought several new hats. 

Mrs. S. (hastily taking a newspaper from the table and 
turning its pages). Are you certain, John, that this stock 
has dropped as much as you said? 

Mr. S. (positively). Yes, I am certain; that is, it had 
dropped five points at noon. Of course, if today were not 
February 28th, there might be a chance that "Ginger, pre- 
ferred," would recover some of its loss before the market 
closed. But that would be impossible — today! 

Mrs. S. (glancing over the stock market quotations in the 
newspaper). Nevertheless, I'm going to make sure. Oh, 
here it is! Yes— "Ginger, preferred"— "98". Does "98" 
mean 98 cents or 98 dollars, John? 

Mr. S. (quickly, leaving the fireplace). What's that! 
You say "98." Why, that's the quotation before it com- 
menced to drop. Perhaps it has risen since noon. (Hur- 
riedly taking the paper from her.) Well, it is "98" ! Hoorah ! 
(Throwing the newspaper on the table and starting towards 
the telephone.) Guess I'll telephone to Mr. Byem — he'll 
know — 

Mrs. S. (taking the newspaper from the table and look- 
ing at its date, with a gasp). O — John—this is yesterday's 
paper ! 

Mr. S. (coming back from telephone very slowly). 
Thunderation ! Why didn't you say so before? Well, I 
haven't had the courage since noon to inquire for any more 
quotations of "Ginger, preferred," but (taking another 
newspaper from the table and glacing at its date) here's 
today's paper (opening it and turning the pages) and it may 
be (studying the stock market quotations) — it may — pos- 
si-bly — be — ah, there it is — "Ginger, preferred" — highest 
"98," lowest— what!— "88"? Gee! (He casts the paper 
back weakly upon the table and returns to his chair, into 
which he sinks still more weakly.) Gee! It's dropped five 
more points. Yes, this is February 28th all right ! 

Mrs. S. (sympathetically) . John, I am aw-fully sorry — 



6 SMITH'S UNLUCKY DAY 

• 

I really am, dear; but let me tell you something that will 
cheer you up a little. (Happily.) Oh, John, can you guess 
what it is? 

Mr. S. (hopelessly) . No — nothing that could cheer me 
up on this day ! 

Mrs. S. (still more happily). Well, I received a letter 
from mother this morning — ( 

Mr. S. (interrupting quickly). So, then, she has decided 
to go to live with Arthur and Helen. (Rather cheerfully.) 
That is indeed a very sensible decision on her part — 

Mrs. S. (speaking very happily). No, John, mother has 
decided to come to live with us! Now haven't I told you 
some good news? 

Mr. S. (half rising from his chair). W-h-a-t ! What's 
that? Mother — has — decided — to come — to live — with us! 

Mrs. S. (smilingly). Yes, dear — she has — to be with us 
as long as she lives. 

Mr. S. (faintly). But I thought she had made up her 
mind to live with Arthur and Helen, and I supposed that 
when her mind was once made up she never changed it. 

Mrs. S. (unrolling some silk from her skein, preparing 
to embroider again). I am so happy that mother is going 
to make her home with us — think of it, John — she is coming 
here — tomorrow ! 

Mr. S. (gloomily, sinking back into the depths of his 
chair). This is February 28th all right, all right! 

Mrs. S. (in amazement, stopping her embroidering) . 
W-h-y- — John Smith ! 

Mr. S. (still more gloomily). I can't for the life of me 
understand why she didn't come to live here today instead 
of tomorrow — 

Mrs. S. (indignantly). You ought to be ashamed of 
yourself, John Smith ! Before we were married you used 
to say how fortunate you would be to have so noble a moth- 
er-in-law. 

Mr. S. (very faintly). Did I say that? 

Mrs. S. (positively). You certainly did! And, besides, 
•you said that very same thing to mother. 



SMITH'S UNLUCKY DAY 7 

Mr. S. (recovering a little, half rising from his chair, and 
throwing his cigar into the fireplace). But, Edith, don't 
you see, I never expected that mother would come to live 
with us — 

Mrs. S. (sharply). John Smith, before we were mar- 
ried I heard you tell mother that you would be de-lighted 
if she would make her permanent home with us. (Mr. S. 
shakes his head.) (More sharply.) Yes, you did, too, John 
Smith — I heard you ! 

Mr. S. (mournfully). Well, I meant that I never ex- 
pected that she would accept my offer. Of course, I had 
to say something like that. 

Mrs. S. (angrily). So you are in the habit of saying 
things that you don't mean ! And this isn't the first time 
that you have admitted it to me. Mr. Smith, you are a 
hypocrite ! 

Mr. S. (rising from his chair, m protestation) . Now — 
Edith— 

Mrs. S. (more angrily, also rising from her chair, her 
embroidery, skeins, etc., falling to the floor and being scat- 
tered about). Yes, you are — a hypocrite — a shameless — ■ 
insincere — hypocrite ! 

Mr. S. (rather weakly). But I haven't objected to moth- 
er's coming to live with us. I merely said — 

Mrs. S. (interrupting, sharply). You said — that it would 
be unfortunate for mother to come to live with us — 

Mr. S. (quickly). You misunderstood me, my dear. 
What I meant was that if mother had come to live here 
today she would be — unlucky. 

Mrs. S. (more calmly). I wish you would say exactly 
what you mean, John Smith — and, besides, you said that 
you never expected that mother would come to live with 
us, and that your invitation to her was not sincere. 

Mr. S. (nervously). Well, you see I was so sure that 
she was going to live with Arthur and Helen — I never 
knew her to change her mind before — that — probably — 
owing to the sudden surprise — I said some things that I — ■ 
didn't exactly mean. (He stoops over and begins to pick 



8 SMITH'S UNLUCKY DAY 

up the embroidery, skeins, etc., which Mrs. S. has recently 
dropped.) 

Mrs. S. (recovering her good nature). Perhaps, John, 
I did misunderstand you — somewhat. But let's not quarrel 
any more. When mother arrives here tomorrow morning 
you will, of course, be on hand to welcome her — heartily — 
and make her feel perfectly at home. 

Mr. S. (rising from the floor with the embroidery, skeins, 
etc.). Certainly — cer-tainly — my dear! How very de-light- 
ful it will be to have mother with us once more — it will 
indeed seem like old times ! 

Mrs. S. (receiving the embroidery, skeins, etc., from 
Mr. S., then reseating herself in the chair). Thank you, 
John! (Suddenly she gives a sort of gasp.) O — John — if 
I didn't forget to tell you about a letter that came for you 
— mercy ! — a week ago. (She searches under the magazines 
and newspapers on the table and draws forth a letter which 
she hands to him.) I do hope that it is not important. 

Mr. S. (tearing open the envelope and examining the 
letter). I hope it isn't! Let's see what it says: 

"February 21, 1917. 
"John Smith, Esq. 

"Dear Sir : As the executors of the estate of your late 
uncle, Hezekiah Holcomb, we write to inform you that his 
will bequeaths you unconditionally a bequest of One Hun- 
dred Thousand dollars. At your earliest convenience please 
call at our office to arrange some of the necessary legal 
formalities. 

"Respectfully, 

"Jones & Jones^ Attorneys-at-Law." 

Mr. S. (after a moment's pause, suddenly zvaving the 
letter wildly in the air, nearly upsetting the table lamp). 
Wh-o-o-p ! Whoop! A legacy of — (he glances at the let- 
ter) — let me look again — very carefully — yes — one hun- 
dred thousand dollars! One hundred thousand dollars! 
Gee! — one hundred thousand. (Then, suddenly, his jubila- 
tion wanes.) Oh— if only it wasn't the 28th of February — 
pretty soon I'll wake up and find myself in the poorhouse ! 



SMITH'S UNLUCKY DAY 9 

Mrs. S, (rising from her chair, taking the letter from 
him and hastily reading it over). Do you think, John, that 
I may have my new hat for Easter? 

Mr. S. (pinching himself vigorously). Edith, if I don't 
wake up until tomorrow, you shall have a — dozen new hats ! 

Mrs. S. (handing the letter back to him). Not a dozen, 
dear; that would be extravagant — only a half dozen. 

Mr. S. (giving himself a few extra hard pinches). I 
must be awake — or dead. No ! I shall insist on your buy- 
ing a dozen new hats — not one less! (Thoughtfully.) But 
I don't understand why they haven't communicated again 
with me — a hundred thousand dollars isn't a small sum 
and this letter is a week old. 

Mrs. S. (suddenly, with another gasp). O — John — if 
I didn't forget to tell you about a letter that came for you 
this very afternoon. I left it here on the table. (Again she 
searches under the magazines and nezvspapers.) Ah — this 
is it. (Glancing at it.) Why — it seems to be from the same 
people who wrote you the other letter — 

Mr. S. (quickly taking the letter and tearing open its en- 
velope). Yes, it is from the same law firm — listen! 

"February 28, 1917. 
"John Smith, Esq. 

"Dear Sir: Since writing the letter of February 21st 
we have not heard from you. We should have, written you 
again but for the fact that an unexpected and very impor- 
tant paper coming to light has modified considerably the 
terms and conditions of the will as we understood it a week 
ago. A codicil has been found, and, as a result, we regret 
to announce that your late uncle has left you only one thou- 
sand dollars instead of the hundred thousand dollars re- 
specting which we recently wrote you. At your earliest con- 
venience will you kindly call at our office to arrange some 
of the necessary legal formalities." 

(A pause, then the clock on the mantle amid a deep 
silence begins to strike the hour of eight.) 

Mr. S. (after the clock stops striking, speaking very 



10 SMITH'S UNLUCKY DAY 

mournfully). Eight o'clock! Four long hours yet before 
tomorrow! (He sinks dozvn wearily in his chair.) 

Mrs. S. (using her handkerchief, tearfully) . I suppose 
that I shall have to go without a new hat for Easter. (She 
also sinks dozvn wearily in her chair.) 

Mr. S. (sitting up in his chair, with decision). If I don't 
wake up again and find myself penniless, you shall still have 
a dozen new hats for Easter ! 

Mrs. S. (very joyfully). O — John! (The telephone 
rings. ) 

Mr. S. (rising and going very slowly to the telephone). 
I wonder what is coming — next! (Taking down the re- 
ceiver.) Hello ! Hello ! Hello-hello ! Who's this? What did 
you say ? Guess you've got the wrong number, haven't you ? 
Why, yes, I'm Mr. John Smith — what did you say? That 
you are my uncle? Won't you please speak a little louder — 
I can't exactly understand you — you are my uncle, Heze- 
kiah Holcomb? What's that? Why, man, my Uncle Heze- 
kiah died a while ago ! I say, my Uncle Hezekiah died a 
while ago! What's that? What! I must be mistaken for 
you are my Uncle Hezekiah and you never felt better in 
your life? Oh-oh ! I see — then you are not dead at all! 
W-h-y — how-do-you-do, Uncle Hezekiah ! I'm aw-fully de- 
lighted to hear from you ! I haven't heard your voice for 
years and you don't know how natural it sounds ! What's 
that? You happened to be passing through town and called 
Edith and me up to tell us that you were — what? — that you 
were married this noon ! Oh-oh ! I see — to whom were you 
married,Uncle Hezekiah? Oh, it's a secret, is it, and I shall 
know very soon? Well, I'm sure that Edith and I congrat- 
ulate you — heartily. How is Edith? Oh — perfectly well, 
thank you. Yes, we are both well — no — I don't think so — 
yes — isn't it, though? Good-bye, Uncle Hezekiah! (Puts 
up receiver. Rising very limply from the telephone chair.) 
Well, what do you think of that? The old man was always 
playing practical jokes on his friends and relatives — those 
letters from "Jones and Jones" were one of his jokes — but 



SMITH'S UNLUCKY DAY 11 

(a little vindictively) perhaps this recent marriage of his 
may prove to be no joke ! 

Mrs. S. (using her handkerchief, tearfully). Well— 
there's no new Easter hat for me ! 

Mr. S. (reseating himself in his former chair). I'm 
sorrv, Edith, but my telephone talk with Uncle Hezekiah 
seemed to "cap the climax"! (The telephone rings.) Won't 
you please answer the 'phone, Edith ? I think it's about time 
that another member of the family should receive news of 
some poor luck. 

Mrs. S. (rising from her seat and going to the telephone). 
Perhaps this will be some good luck. (Takes down the re- 
ceiver.) Hello! Hello! Yes, I am Mrs. Smith — w-h-y — • 
hello, mother! What is that? You have just arrived in 
town? I didn't expect you until tomorrow, but your room 
is all ready for you — John and I will both of us be over- 
joyed to see you ! What is that? What? What! (She gasps 
for breath.) What? You are! (A short pause as Mrs. S. 
listens intently to zuhat is being said to her.) Am I sur- 
prised? No — I'm utterly thunder-struck! What did you 
say? You've got to go at once to catch your train and you 
will write me tomorrow ? Well, good-bye, mother ; good- 
bye ! Best wishes for your journey! (She slowly hangs up 
the receiver and rises from the telephone chair, returning 
towards the table. In a somezvhat bezvildered manner.) 
John! What do you think? Mother isn't coming to live 
with us ! 

Mr. S. (in incredulous amazement, slowly, partly rising 
from his chair). She — isn't — coming — to — live — with — us? 

Mrs. S. (very sadly). No, John — mother was married 
this noon to your Uncle Hezekiah Holcomb ! (She sinks 
down very weakly into her chair.) 

Mr. S. (suddenly rising wholly and energetically from 
his chair, bringing his hand down heavily upon the table). 
G-r-e-a-t Scott! Your mother married — to Uncle Heze- 
kiah? (Rather jubilantly.) Well, after all. I guess this 
28th of February is Uncle Hezekiah's and not Smith's un- 

luckv dav ! ~ 

J ' Curtain - 



The Call of Wohelo 

By L1NDSEY BARBEE. 
Price, 25 Cents 

A comedy drama in 3 acts; 10 females. Time, 1% hours. 
Scene: 1 exterior. -Characters: Ellen Ferris, Guardian of the 
Camp. Mrs. Vale, Gamp mother. Blue Bird (Owaissa — Blue Bird), 
her young daughter. Wah-wah-taysee (Firefly), an Indian girl. 
Sylvia (Wayaka — See Beauty), a Camp "Misfit." Amy (Kee-wee — 
Rainbow Maid), a Torch Bearer. Marian (Disyadi — Moon Maid), A 
Fire Maker. Emily (Minnehaha— Laughing Water), a Wood 
Gatherer. Constance (Gaoh — Spirit of the Wind), a Wood Gatherer. 
Dorothy (To-he-ha — Humming Bird), a Wood Gatherer. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Act I. — Blue Bird runs errands for the busy Camp Fire girls, 
among whom Sylvia alone is idle. Sylvia is declared a Camp 
"misfit," and Miss Ferris decides to make one last effort to interest 
her in Camp Fire life. A visitor, Miss Marshall, a noted Camp 
Fire worker, is promised and Amy tells a ghost story in which she 
herself is heroine. Wah-wah-taysee chants magic words and 
Sylvia promises to seek "the treasure." 

Act II. — Under Wah-wah-taysee's tutelage, Sylvia becomes a 
very different girl, but the intimacy with the Indian girl brings 
criticism from her Camp Fire friends. The mention of Amy's ghost 
produces peals of laughter, for constant watching has failed to 
detect "The Lady in White." Miss Ferris announces that Miss 
Marshall will be present at the Council Fire. Amy persuades Marian 
and Sylvia to keep a last vigil for the ghost and they consent. 
Constance's money disappears and suspicion turns to the Indian. 
Wah-wah-taysee sends a message. The ghost proves something of 
a sensation. 

Act III. — The Council Fire. Miss Marshall and the Indian are 
discovered to be the same. Wah-wah-taysee tells her story and 
Sylvia is admitted to the rank of Wood Gatherer. 

The Whole Truth 

By LINDSEY BARBEE. 
Price, 15 Cents 

Comedy; 5 males, 4 females. Time, 40 minutes. At a dinner 
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By LINDSEY BARBEE. 
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Country Justice, 15 min 8 

Cow that Kicked Chicago, 20 m. 3 2 

Divided Attentions, 35 min 1 4 

Dude in a Cyclone, 20 min.... 4 2 

Family Strike, 20 min 3 3 

First-Class Hotel, 20 min.'... 4 

For Love and Honor, 20 min.. 2 1 

Fudge and a Burglar, 15 min.. 5 

Fun in Photo Gallery, 30 min.. 6 10 
Great Medical Dispensary, 30 m. 6 
Great Pumpkin Case, 30 min.. 12 

Hans Von Smash, 30 min.... 4 3 

I'm Not Mesilf at All, 25 min. 3 2 
Initiating a Granger, 25 min.. 8 

Irish Linen Peddler, 40 min... 3 3 

Is the Editor In? 20 min... 4 2 

Kansas Immigrants, 20 min... 5 1 

Men Not Wanted, 30 min.... 8 

Mike Donovan's Courtship, 15 m. 1 3 

Mother Goose's Goslings, 30 m. 7 9 

Mrs. Jenkins' Brilliant Idea, 35m. 8 

Mrs. Stubbins' Book Agent, 30 m. 3 2 

My Wife's Relations, 1 hr.... 4 6 

Not a Man in the House, 40 m. 5 

Pair of Lunatics, 20 min 1 1 

Patsy O'Wang, 35 min 4 3 

Pat, the Apothecary, 35 min.. 6 2 

Persecuted Dutchman, 30 min. 6 3 

Regular Fix, 35 min 6 4 

Second Childhood, 15 min.... 2 2 

Shadows, 35 min 2 2 

Sing a Song of Seniors, 30 min. 7 

Taking Father's Place, 30 min. 5 3 

Taming a Tiger, 30 min 3 

That Rascal Pat, 30 min 3 2 

Those Red Envelopes, 25 min. 4 4 
Too Much of a Good Thing, 45 

min 3 6 

Turn Him Out, 35 min 3 2 

Two Aunts and a Photo, 20 m. 4 
Two Gentlemen in a Fix, 15 m. 2 

Two Ghosts in White, 20 min.. 8 

Two of a Kind, 40 min 2 3 

Uncle Dick's Mistake, 20 min.. 3 2 

Wanted a Correspondent, 45 m. 4 4 

Wanted a Hero, 20 min 1 1 



M. F. 

Wide Enough for Two, 45 min. 5 2 

Wrong Baby, 25 min 8 

Yankee Peddler, 1 hr 7 3 

VAUDEVILLE SKETCHES, MON- 
OLOGUES, ETHIOPIAN PLAYS. 

Ax'in' Her Father, 25 min 2 3 

Booster Club of Blackville, 25 m.10 

Breakfast Food for Two, 20 m. 1 1 

Cold Finish, 15 min 2 1 

Colored Honeymoon, 25 min... 2 2 

Coon Creek Courtship, 15 min. 1 1 

Coming Champion, 20 min.... 2 
Coontown Thirteen Club, 25 m.14 

Counterfeit Bills, 20 min 1 1 

Darktown Fire Brigade, 25 min. 10 

Doings of a Dude, 20 min.... 2 1 

Dutch Cocktail, 20 min 2 

For Reform, 20 min 4 

Fresh Timothy Hay, 20 min.. 2 1 

Glickman, the Glazier, 25 min. 1 1 

Good Mornin' Judge, 35 min.. 9 2 

Her Hero, 20 min. 1 1 

Hey, Rube! 15 min ". . 1 

Home Run, 15 min 1 1 

Jumbo Jum, 30 min 4 3 

Little Red School House, 20 m. 4 

Love and Lather, 35 min 3 2 

Marriage and After, 10 min.. 1 

Memphis Mose, 25 min 5 1 

Mischievous Nigger, 25 min.. 4 2 

Mistaken Miss, 20 min 1 1 

Mr. and Mrs. Fido, 20 min 1 1 

Oh, Doctor! 30 min 6 2 

One Sweetheart for Two, 20 m. 2 

Oshkosh Next Week, 20 min.. 4 

Oyster Stew, 10 min 2 

Pete Yansen's Gurl's Moder, 10m. 1 

Pickles for Two, 15 min 2 

Pooh Bah of Peacetown, 35 min. 2 2 

Prof. Black's Funnygraph, 15 m. 6 

Sham Doctor, 10 min 4 2 

Si and I, 15 min 1 

Special Sale, 15 min 2 

Stage Struck Darky, 10 min.. 2 1 

Sunny Son of Italy, 15 min.. 1 

Time Table, 20 min 1 1 

Tramp and the Actress, 20 min. 1 1 

Troubled by Ghosts, 10 min... 4 

Troubles of Rozinski, 15 min.. 1 

Two Jay Detectives, 15 min.. 3 

Umbrella Mender, 15 min.... 2 

Uncle Jeff, 25 rain 5 2 

What Happened to Hannah, 15m. 1 1 



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DIALOGUES 

All Sorts of Dialogues. 

Selected, fine for older pupils. 
Catchy Comic Dialogues. 

Very clever; for young people. 
Children's Comic Dialogues. 

From six to eleven years of age. 
Country School Dialogues. 

Brand new, original- 
Dialogues for District Schools. 

For country schools. 
Dialogues from Dickens. 

Thirteen selections. 
The Friday Afternoon Dialogues. 

Over 50,000 copies sold. 
From Tots to Teens. 

Dialogues and recitations. 
Humorous Homespun Dialogues. 

For older ones. 
Little People's Plays. 

From 7 to 13 years of age. 
Lively Dialogues. 

For all ages; mostly humorous. 
Merry Little Dialogues. 

Thirty-eight original selections. 
When the Lessons are Over. 

Dialogues, drills, plays. 
Wide Awake Dialogues. 

Original successful. 

SPEAKERS, MONOLOGUES 

Choice Pieces for Little People. 

A child's speaker. 
The Comic Entertainer. 

Recitations, monologues, dialogues. 
Dialect Readings. 

Irish, Dutch, Negro, Scotch, etc. 
The Favorite Speaker. 

Choice prose and poetry. 
The Friday Afternoon Speaker. 

For pupils of all ages. 
Humorous Monologues. 

Particularly for ladies. 
Monologues for Young Folks. 

Clever, humorous, original. 




Monologues Grave and G< 

Dramatic and humorous. 
Scrap- Book Recitations. 

Choice collections, pathetic, hu- 
morous, descriptive, prose, 
poetry. 15 Nos., per No. 25c 

DRILLS 

The Best Drill Book. 

Very popular drills and marches. 
The Favorite Book of Drills. 

Drills that sparkle with originality. 
Little Plays With Drills. 

For children from 6 to 11 years. 
The Surprise Drill Book. 

Fresh, novel, drills and marches. 

SPECIALTIES 

The Boys' Entertainer. 

Monologues, dialogues, drills. 
Children's Party Book. 

Invitations, decorations, games. 
The Days We Celebrate. 

Erite itainments for all the holidays. 
Good Things for Christmas. 

Recitations, dialogues, drills. 
Good Things for Sunday Schools. 

Dialogues, exercises, recitations. 
Good Things for Thanksgiving. 

A gem of a book. 
Good Things for Washington 

and Lincoln Birthdays. 
Little Folks' Budget. 

Easy pieces to speak, songs. 
One Hundred Entertainments. 

New parlor diversions, socials. 
Patriotic Celebrations. 

Great variety of material. 
Pictured Readings and Tableaux. 

Entirely original features. 
Pranks and Pastimes. 

Parlor games for children. 
Private Theatricals. 

How to put on plays. 
Shadow Pictures, Pantomimes, 

Charades, and how to prepare. 
Tableaux and Scenic Readings. 

New and novel; for all ages. 
Twinkl-ing Fingers and Sway- 
ing Figures. For little tots. 
Yuletide Entertainments. 

• A choice Christmas collection. 

MINSTRELS, JOKES 

Black American Joker. 

Minstrels' and end men's gags. 
A Bundle of Burnt Cork Comedy. 

Monologues, stump speeches, etc. 
Laughland, via the Ha-Ha Route. 

A merry trip for fun tourists. 
Negro Minstrels. 

All about the business. 
The New Jolly Jester. 

Funny stories, jok^o, gags, etc. 

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